A MUM who was mauled to loss of life by two dogs has been named and pictured for the primary time as cops arrested a person.
Essex Police mentioned its officers were called to Hillman Avenue in Jaywick shortly after 4pm on Saturday the place they discovered Esther Martin, 68, significantly injured.
She was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
The suspect, who’s from the village, was arrested on suspicion of harmful canine offences and is being questioned by detectives in custody.
The dogs needed to be destroyed and specialists will verify their breed later.
A force spokesperson mentioned: “We have been finishing up inquiries to determine the circumstances which led as much as the incident and we imagine she had been assaulted by two dogs.”
The scene is now protected for members of the general public, they added.
Chief Superintendent Glen Pavelin mentioned: “My ideas, and people of our officers and employees, are with the household of the girl who died yesterday.
“This incident shall be an enormous shock to the group and I perceive their issues.
“We’ll have officers within the space all through in the present day so please come and converse to them you probably have any data or are apprehensive.
Dangerous Dogs Act defined
After eleven horrific assaults in 1991, Home Secretary Kenneth Baker promised “to rid the nation of the menace of those preventing dogs” by introducing the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The regulation is usually thought of controversial because it focuses on a canine’s breed or appears to be like as a substitute of an individual canine’s behaviour, and fails to stem the rise of canine assaults.
According to the RSPCA, over a 3rd of the folks killed by dogs because the act was introduced in had been attacked by authorized breeds.
“Experienced detectives are main the investigation to determine precisely what has occurred.
“I do know there shall be hypothesis concerning the breed of the dogs concerned.
“We’re ready for affirmation from specialists about this earlier than releasing additional particulars and I’d ask folks to not speculate.
“If anybody has any details about what has occurred please contact us.”
Contact the drive on-line quoting reference 723 of Saturday, on data might be supplied to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
